diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/forms.py b/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
index ddd883621..73c99bb05 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/forms.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 
 from ietf.liaisons.accounts import (can_add_outgoing_liaison, can_add_incoming_liaison,
                                     get_person_for_user)
-from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonDetail, Uploads
+from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonDetail, Uploads, OutgoingLiaisonApproval
 from ietf.liaisons.utils import IETFHM
 from ietf.liaisons.widgets import (FromWidget, ReadOnlyWidget, ButtonWidget,
                                    ShowAttachmentsWidget)
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ class LiaisonForm(forms.ModelForm):
         liaison.cc1 = self.get_cc(from_entity, organization)
         liaison.save()
         self.save_attachments(liaison)
+        return liaison
 
     def save_attachments(self, instance):
         for key in self.files.keys():
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ class IncomingLiaisonForm(LiaisonForm):
 class OutgoingLiaisonForm(LiaisonForm):
 
     to_poc = forms.CharField(label="POC", required=True)
-    approval = forms.BooleanField(label="Obtained prior approval", required=False)
+    approved = forms.BooleanField(label="Obtained prior approval", required=False)
     other_organization = forms.CharField(label="Other SDO", required=True)
 
     def get_to_entity(self):
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ class OutgoingLiaisonForm(LiaisonForm):
     def set_from_field(self):
         self.fields['from_field'].choices = self.hm.get_entities_for_person(self.person)
         self.fields['from_field'].widget.submitter = unicode(self.person)
-        self.fieldsets[0] = ('From', ('from_field', 'replyto', 'approval'))
+        self.fieldsets[0] = ('From', ('from_field', 'replyto', 'approved'))
 
     def set_organization_field(self):
         self.fields['organization'].choices = self.hm.get_all_outgoing_entities()
@@ -224,6 +225,23 @@ class OutgoingLiaisonForm(LiaisonForm):
     def get_poc(self, organization):
         return self.cleaned_data['to_poc']
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        liaison = super(OutgoingLiaisonForm, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+        from_entity = self.get_from_entity()
+        needs_approval = from_entity.needs_approval(self.person)
+        if not needs_approval or self.cleaned_data.get('approved', False):
+            approved = True
+            approval_date = datetime.datetime.now()
+        else:
+            approved = False
+            approval_date = None
+        approval = OutgoingLiaisonApproval.objects.create(
+            approved = approved,
+            approval_date = approval_date,
+            normalized_entity_code = self.cleaned_data.get('from_field'))
+        liaison.approval = approval
+        liaison.save()
+
 
 def liaison_form_factory(request, **kwargs):
     user = request.user
diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/migrations/0003_add_outgoing_liaison_approval.py b/ietf/liaisons/migrations/0003_add_outgoing_liaison_approval.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82eda93d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/migrations/0003_add_outgoing_liaison_approval.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+
+from south.db import db
+from django.db import models
+from ietf.liaisons.models import *
+
+class Migration:
+    
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Adding model 'OutgoingLiaisonApproval'
+        db.create_table('liaisons_outgoingliaisonapproval', (
+            ('id', orm['liaisons.outgoingliaisonapproval:id']),
+            ('approved', orm['liaisons.outgoingliaisonapproval:approved']),
+            ('approval_date', orm['liaisons.outgoingliaisonapproval:approval_date']),
+            ('normalized_entity_code', orm['liaisons.outgoingliaisonapproval:normalized_entity_code']),
+        ))
+        db.send_create_signal('liaisons', ['OutgoingLiaisonApproval'])
+        
+        # Adding field 'LiaisonDetail.approval'
+        db.add_column('liaison_detail', 'approval', orm['liaisons.liaisondetail:approval'])
+        
+    
+    
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        
+        # Deleting model 'OutgoingLiaisonApproval'
+        db.delete_table('liaisons_outgoingliaisonapproval')
+        
+        # Deleting field 'LiaisonDetail.approval'
+        db.delete_column('liaison_detail', 'approval_id')
+        
+    
+    
+    models = {
+        'idtracker.personororginfo': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'person_or_org_info'"},
+            'address_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '4', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'created_by': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '8', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'date_modified': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_name_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'middle_initial': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '4', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'middle_initial_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '4', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'modified_by': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '8', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name_prefix': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name_suffix': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'person_or_org_tag': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'record_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '8', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'liaisons.frombodies': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'from_bodies'"},
+            'body_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '35', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'from_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_liaison_manager': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'other_sdo': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'poc': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['idtracker.PersonOrOrgInfo']", 'null': 'True', 'db_column': "'poc'"})
+        },
+        'liaisons.liaisondetail': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'liaison_detail'"},
+            'approval': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['liaisons.OutgoingLiaisonApproval']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'body': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'by_secretariat': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'cc1': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'cc2': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deadline_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'detail_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'from_id': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'from_raw_body': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_modified_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'person': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['idtracker.PersonOrOrgInfo']", 'null': 'True', 'db_column': "'person_or_org_tag'"}),
+            'purpose': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['liaisons.LiaisonPurpose']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'purpose_text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'db_column': "'purpose'", 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'replyto': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'response_contact': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'submitted_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'submitter_email': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'submitter_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'technical_contact': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'to_body': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'to_email': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'to_poc': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'liaisons.liaisonmanagers': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'liaison_managers'"},
+            'email_priority': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'person': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['idtracker.PersonOrOrgInfo']", 'db_column': "'person_or_org_tag'"}),
+            'sdo': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['liaisons.SDOs']"})
+        },
+        'liaisons.liaisonpurpose': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'liaison_purpose'"},
+            'purpose_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'purpose_text': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'liaisons.outgoingliaisonapproval': {
+            'approval_date': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'approved': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'normalized_entity_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'})
+        },
+        'liaisons.sdoauthorizedindividual': {
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'person': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['idtracker.PersonOrOrgInfo']", 'db_column': "'person_or_org_tag'"}),
+            'sdo': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['liaisons.SDOs']"})
+        },
+        'liaisons.sdos': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'sdos'"},
+            'sdo_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'sdo_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'liaisons.uploads': {
+            'Meta': {'db_table': "'uploads'"},
+            'detail': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['liaisons.LiaisonDetail']"}),
+            'file_extension': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '10', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'file_id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'file_title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'person': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['idtracker.PersonOrOrgInfo']", 'db_column': "'person_or_org_tag'"})
+        }
+    }
+    
+    complete_apps = ['liaisons']
diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/models.py b/ietf/liaisons/models.py
index 1b3f3deff..b98a08a1a 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/models.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/models.py
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class FromBodies(models.Model):
         verbose_name = "From body"
         verbose_name_plural = "From bodies"
 
+
+class OutgoingLiaisonApproval(models.Model):
+    approved = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    approval_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True)
+    normalized_entity_code = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+
 class LiaisonDetail(models.Model):
     detail_id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     person = models.ForeignKey(PersonOrOrgInfo, null=True, db_column='person_or_org_tag')
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ class LiaisonDetail(models.Model):
     purpose = models.ForeignKey(LiaisonPurpose,null=True)
     replyto = models.CharField(blank=True, null=True, max_length=255)
     from_raw_body = models.CharField(blank=True, null=True, max_length=255)
+    approval = models.ForeignKey(OutgoingLiaisonApproval, blank=True, null=True)
     def __str__(self):
 	return self.title or "<no title>"
     def from_body(self):
diff --git a/ietf/liaisons/urls.py b/ietf/liaisons/urls.py
index 5162104dc..fc91b8b26 100644
--- a/ietf/liaisons/urls.py
+++ b/ietf/liaisons/urls.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright The IETF Trust 2007, All Rights Reserved
 
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+from django.db.models import Q
 from ietf.liaisons.models import LiaisonDetail
 
 info_dict = {
-    'queryset': LiaisonDetail.objects.all().order_by("-submitted_date"),
+    'queryset': LiaisonDetail.objects.filter(Q(approval__isnull=True)|Q(approval__approved=True)).order_by("-submitted_date"),
 }
 
 # there's an opportunity for date-based filtering.
diff --git a/static/js/liaisons.js b/static/js/liaisons.js
index d9c14f576..eff969b6e 100644
--- a/static/js/liaisons.js
+++ b/static/js/liaisons.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             var other_purpose = form.find('#id_purpose_text');
             var deadline = form.find('#id_deadline_date');
             var other_organization = form.find('#id_other_organization');
-            var approval = form.find('#id_approval');
+            var approval = form.find('#id_approved');
             var config = {};
 
             var readConfig = function() {
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@
             };
 
             var initTriggers = function() {
-                organization.change(updateInfo);
                 organization.change(updateInfo);
                 organization.change(checkOtherSDO);
                 from.change(updateInfo);